NC Black Film Festival
Jengo's Playhouse, Downtown Wilmington
$ free
May 1
12:00 AM
Overview
The North Carolina Black Film Festival is a three-day juried and invitational festival of independent motion pictures by Black filmmakers as well as films on subjects of African-American life and history, which showcase features, shorts, animation, documentary films, and student films. We pride ourselves in the Carolinas with hospitality and amazing honorees and winners such as Anthony Hemingway, Ava DuVernay, Giancarlo Esposito, the late Dwayne McDuffie, Scott Sanders and more.
The North Carolina Black Film Festival, Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County is held in Wilmington, NC formerly known as Hollywood East. The dates of this year's festival are May 1 - May 3, 2026.
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